My experiences so far

[Demarko]

Well, I made the switch to eCigs back in August.

My first was one I picked up at the local store, a "Puresmoke" automatic battery.

Switched to a BE-103 at the end of August... Later (mid sept) I got same model, but with a manual battery instead (much better!)

Now, I kinda experiment and try to figure out what works best - gives me the best vapor, best throat hit, best flavor. Man do I have a lot to learn!

I leave the foil on, now, after having removed the bridge and foil before - I find that works better with this particular model for direct dripping. But I have a 510 and some atomizers coming soon, and I'm wondering if this will remain true?

With the bridge on, I see that the coil seems to get clogged up with black - is this normal? I can't really get at it to clean it like I could when removing the bridge.

When I have a new atomizer in, I notice that there's vape coming out around the link up between the battery and the atomizer... as it gets older, it stops coming out there - is there a good way to clean .. Well.. Wherever that's coming out of so it comes out again? heh

Sometimes, I get a 'dry metalic taste' and so I drip on - and then find I've flooded it. So I blow it out and then it works great for a bit (in fact, after flooding and then blowing it out, I sometimes have the best vapor). When they still have the wick in there, that doesn't really happen unless the wick is dry - should I be putting some sorta cloth in there to drop onto the coil to keep it moist, rather than dripping right onto it (And thus, flooding my atty?).

 

[humpty]

If you didn't remove the wick, the black is probably a burnt wick. There's a youtube vid that shows you how to de-wick.
If you did remove the wick, the black is normal and will wash out. There will always be a 'bar' of something (don't know what it is) that the coil centrally wraps around and you probably shouldn't remove that. (The wick is the stuff outside).
I never heard anyone re-wicking an atty, don't know if it can be done. If you're dripping, you don't really need it.
If you're flooding, just decrease the drops.

 

[Demarko]

Yeah, it's just weird that the coil gets dry, but the atty itself is quite moist. To the point that if I moisten the coil, the atty floods. I'm wondering if it's just the model I have, and it's just probably not "built" for dripping.

 

[humpty]

With the 103, I think most users 'dip' instead of drip. They put the juice in a contact lens container and dip the mesh into it.

 

[Demarko]

With the 103, I think most users 'dip' instead of drip. They put the juice in a contact lens container and dip the mesh into it.

Ah, what I've been doing is using an old cart and putting a little eLiq on the wadding in there - kinda half drip I guess. Just to keep a little on the coil to keep it moist. Will try this! Ordered a 510 anyway and thinking to get some drip tips.